Tygarrup javanicus
| Tygarrup javanicus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Chilopoda |
| Order: | Geophilomorpha |
| Family: | Mecistocephalidae |
| Genus: | Tygarrup |
| Species: | T. javanicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Tygarrup javanicus Attems, 1929
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Tygarrup javanicus is a species of soil centipede in the family Mecistocephalidae. This centipede is probably native to southeast Asia but has been introduced elsewhere and is widespread in European greenhouses. This species features 45 pairs of legs and reaches only 20 mm in length. This centipede is among the smallest species in the genus Tygarrup.